Having your own indie game company is amazing right? †Well, yes and no. †Mostly yes, though. †With a shoestring budget (if any at all), you don't have the funds to spend on a marketer/social media person, so you have to pick ...

So my first time at GDC has been exciting, anxiety causing, and emotionally overwhelming (I can be a bit dramatic at times...we'll get back to that). I've already met some amazing people (and reintroduced to Dale North and J...

Hey, everyone! If you havenít taken the Retrolympics quiz on the front page of Destructoid, stop reading this right now. I mean, you can read a little further ... but stop before you get to the part where you have to scroll...

This is the second part in the epic retelling of Werewolf Game 9 from the Destructoid forums. If you missed it, you can see Part 1 here. Header image by ZombiePlatypus. You can click it for a larger version.
Planning ...

The following is a retelling of the recent game of Werewolf on the Destructoid forums. It was Team Fortress 2 themed, where thirteen of the sixteen players were BLU mercenaries, and the other three were RED Spies, bent on ...

Two years ago today, I asked a special woman to spend the rest of her life with me. This is the story of it all. I've told it before to people who have asked, but never written it down.
It started more than five years ag...

In the past two years, I have asked for your help in providing some yes/no questions to help with our annual E3 predictions post. And, boy, you never disappoint. (THATíS BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL AMAZING!)
Last year these questi...

I played Guitar Hero for the first time at my friend Ėand sometimes P2- Tomís house. Guitar Hero was the reason I bought a PS2. It was a console exclusive at the time. I loved it, and I was pretty good at it. With practice ...

Finally, a worthwhile WiiWare game that doesn't start with the word(s) "Bit.Trip." Liight debuted way back in September of 2009 as one of the PAX 10 finalists, and it seemed interesting enough for me to call it second best...

This is the header image, because it's okay to use misogynistic images to drive hits as long as you condemn the image. Bad image! Bad!
Game journalist journalist: n - And individual who writes (professionally?) about comp...

Ronathon sure was fun, and a good cause.
Apparently you can hear me all throughout the podcast; whenever I die playing Super Ghouls and Ghosts. :P
I was telling bushofghosts about it...
BoG:
FUCK THAT GAME
S...

I mentioned in my PAX blog that a post on the PAX 10 would be coming. Here it is. In its third year now, the PAX 10 is a tradition at the Penny Arcade Expo, in which ten independently developed games are showcased as some...

PAX Prime 2010 has come and gone, far too quickly, as usual. Everybody has slightly different memories of the extravaganza; indulge me for a moment to hear about mine.
I got in on Thursday evening, and called up Wedge, be...

With little fanfare, Aero Racer was released last week as a PS3 Mini. Indeed, so little effort is being put into marketing this bite-sized gem that developer Halfbrick Studios makes no mention of it on its website. This m...

In case you don't know, 'Splosion Man is an XBLA platform game that was released last year. Even if you don't have firsthand experience with it, you ought to know a bit about it, as it got a nine out of ten in the official...

Here are a few pictures I was able to snap at E3.
Plants Vs. Zombies: Breakdance Fighting
From the outside
From the inside
Killzone Helghast
Obligatory Nintendo 3DS pic
Welcome to New Vegas indeed
I cannot wai...

But what the hell does that mean? Well, it's actually what I summoned in Super Scribblenauts to make a witch get out of a line in front of a video game store (btw that didn't work)! The rules were that you couldn't cut th...

I was lucky enough to spend about a half hour with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 earlier today at E3 and I had a blast (er an Expelliarmus!). I've been a fan of both the movies and books, so I was super excited With the hel...

I promised I would review Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment back when it was released. It is a tactical strategy RPG like Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem. You play as Tobias Funke-I MEAN MARTIN. Tobias Martin. Caught...

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is upon us, and that means several things. Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony will all be vying for your attention, some unexpected announcements will be made, and videogame writers from sites ...

Pic unrelated. I just love Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem.
Hey everyone! I need your help!
As some of you may know, last year I went to a real-life Los Angeles psychic to have her do some E3 predictions (you can read ...

As some of you may know, I am obsessed with Showgirls. The movie is absolutely brilliant on so many different levels and has some of the best scenes ever put to film. It also features my single favorite line of dialogue in ...

Okay, I was going to do various countdown posts all week in celebration of the glorious Puppy Bowl that comes on this weekend, but ... well ... it was a crazy week and I didnít have time. I feel like I let down my precious ...

If I could toot my own horn for just a bit, I'd say that I think I'm pretty good at turn-based strategy games. I spent countless hours playing Civilization III, I recently extolled the virtues of Might & Magic: Clash of He...

F*** the Super Bowl.
As most of you probably already know, I am obsessed with the Puppy Bowl. So obsessed, in fact, that starting next week I am going to start a letter-writing campaign to try to be the referee for next ye...

I didn't see a review for Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement on Destructoid. The game recently came to XBL. It's like Final Fantasy Tactics.
I thought there should be a review. There isn't one that I've seen, so I will ...

So, an RPG, a turn-based strategy, and a puzzle game walk into a bar. There they meet some spiffy, yet slightly generic manga-lookin' characters. Everybody has a grand old boozy good time, they go home together, and the r...

Hey, guess what comes out today?! A NEW ZELDA GAME! Woo hoo!
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the Nintendo DS hits stores today and I really canít wait to dive into Linkís newest adventure. While some people had trou...